The Contribution of Informative Priors

Bruno Lecoutre and Jacques Poitevineau
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Bruno Lecoutre: Universite de Rouen, CNRS
Jacques Poitevineau: Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS

Chapter Chapter 14 in The Significance Test Controversy Revisited, 2022, pp 181-187 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Some examples are provided to understand how the Bayesian inference combines information. They are not intended to correspond to realistic situations. We leave it up to the reader to decide whether the use of informative priors can become a routine procedure for experimental reporting.

Keywords: Bayes factor; Enthusiastic and skeptical priors; Expert priors; Mixtures of priors; Sensitivity analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-65705-8_14

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